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For sociology major Melissa Osborne of Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., creating a campus food pantry started with a class assignment. Asked to create an action plan to combat a community problem, she needed to look no further than her own campus, where more than 70% of students are on financial aid and many have recently lost jobs.